won $20 million the largest cash prize in California CA Lottery

Man Wins Record-Setting $20 Million from California Lottery After Splurging on $30 Ticket

Record-breaking winner Chad Fry was at the grocery store when he found out he'd won

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the massive prize, the California Lottery wrote in a release on Tuesday

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Fry said in a statement I'm surprised this will affect me I'm a millionaire right now

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S.C. Man Wins $100K From Lottery by Using Strategy He Saw on TLC's 'Lottery Changed My Life

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Fry bought the Set for Life Millionaire Edition ticket at the Foothill Market on his way home

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The $30 ticket is far more expensive than most

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but Fry said he decided to splurge on the ticket since he'd just been paid

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